Tough Quotes - page 3

I realized up there that our planet is not infinite. It's fragile. That may not be obvious to a lot of folks, and it's tough that people are fighting each other here on Earth instead of trying to get together and live on this planet. We look pretty vulnerable in the darkness of space. (Alan Shepard)
The vigorous branching of life's tree, and not the accumulating valor of mythical marches to progress, lies behind the persistence and expansion of organic diversity in our tough and constantly stressful world. And if we do not grasp the fundamental nature of branching as the key to life's passage across the geological stage, we will never understand evolution aright. View quote
Stephen Jay Gould
When we seek a textbook case for the proper operation of science, the correction of certain error offers far more promise than the establishment of probable truth. Confirmed hunches, of course, are more upbeat than discredited hypotheses. Since the worst traditions of "popular” writing falsely equate instruction with sweetness and light, our promotional literature abounds with insipid tales in the heroic mode, although tough stories of disappointment and loss give deeper insight into a methodology that the celebrated philosopher Karl Popper once labeled as "conjecture and refutation.”. View quote
Stephen Jay Gould
Tough guys don't dance. You had better believe it. View quote
Norman Mailer
Because of his compassion Owen was always in trouble with his partners. They would have much preferred a tough, down-to-earth manager who would get a days work out of the little bastards. View quote
John Kenneth Galbraith
Roland La Starza was tough, but Ezzard Charles was the toughest man I ever fought. I learned what pain was all about when I fought him. View quote
Rocky Marciano
You can make all the excuses you want, but if you're not mentally tough and you're not prepared to play every night, you're not going to win. View quote
Larry Bird
It's tough when you started out as young as I did to look back and see how far I've come. I try to be easy on myself and go 'Look man, you were younger, you were learning; you learn, you grow.' But I'm not my best judge. I always feel like my best work is still ahead of me. View quote
Matt Dillon
women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible and live long lives. View quote
Maya Angelou
I work on a TV show I love, I have the opportunity to do movies with actors I respect, and I'm in love with the man I want to spend the rest of my life with, who pushes me and excites me...There's this fighter in me that kind of needs to be put to rest a little bit. I don't need to be so tough to protect myself. View quote
Ali Larter
As I said, I began losing confidence in my instincts, which is tough and very bad for an instinctive person. (Kim Novak)
Nonbeing must in some sense be, otherwise what is it that there is not? This tangled doctrine might be nicknamed Plato's beard; historically it has proved tough, frequently dulling the edge of Occam's razor. View quote
Willard van Orman Quine
It's really tough to make a name for yourself without compromising and without fitting yourself into a real specific mold. When I made the choice that I would be involved in every aspect of music and not necessarily make music for radio or MTV, I was saying, 'OK, this is me. You decide who it is. View quote
Josh Groban
The techno-industrial system is exceptionally tough due to its so-called "democratic" structure and its resulting flexibility. Because dictatorial systems tend to be rigid, social tensions and resistance can be built up in them to the point where they damage and weaken the system and may lead to revolution. But in a "democratic" system, when social tension and resistance build up dangerously the system backs off enough, it compromises enough, to bring the tensions down to a safe level. View quote
Theodore Kaczynski
The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year. View quote
John Foster Dulles
We have to get very, very tough on cyber and cyber warfare. It is - it is a huge problem. View quote
Donald Trump
Being a parent is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy. View quote
Barbara Walters
Sometimes the things we want most are the hardest to get. That means you need to be even more determined to succeed. That's what it takes to be a winner. You have to want it bad enough to stick with it no matter how tough things get. View quote
Chuck Norris
I was tough. I used everything to my advantage. I could be very ruthless. View quote
Leon Uris
It was tough being a single mom. It was tough being in a divorce with children. Very, very hard. View quote
Melissa Etheridge
I'm not perfect, I'm not an angel, but I try to live a certain way because it brings honour and respect to my mother. I tell people that when they look at me, they're looking at nothing but a big, overgrown, tough mama's boy. That's who I am. (Mr. T)
Make it dark, make it grim, make it tough, but then, for the love of God, tell a joke. View quote
Joss Whedon
[T]he toughest thing is facing yourself. Being honest with yourself, that's much tougher than beating someone up. That's what I call tough. View quote
Joe Strummer
America is moving forward and gaining strength. We have been tested, and we have proven ourselves to be a tough, resilient and resourceful nation. View quote
Bill Frist
The Universe may be stranger than we can imagine, but it's going to have a tough time outdoing Egan. View quote
Greg Egan